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ABOUT ME

Hi, I'm
Alopex.

I'm a developer and engineer who works where code, creativity and hardware meet. I like building things that are useful, beautiful and different, and then shipping them.

RHYS JONES / ALOPEXMove to stir · tap for lightning

Code. Creativity. Hardware.

CREATOR / ENGINEER / INNOVATOR

One day it is low-level firmware, the next a web app, a real-time 3D game, an audio tool or a robot. In each one I take something complicated and make it simple to use.

01

SOFTWARE

Full-stack web, desktop and tooling.

02

MUSIC

Composition, production, sound design.

03

TINKERING

Prototyping, electronics and IoT.

04

GAMES

3D engines, simulation, multiplayer, AI.

05

ROBOTICS

Embedded systems, automation, mechatronics.

06

MAKER

3D printing, CNC, fabrication, design.

07

VIRTUAL REALITY

Tracking hardware, standalone headsets, competitive play.

08

MACHINE LEARNING

Diffusion models, language models and neural nets on my own hardware.

THE PILOT

Stay curious.
Build relentlessly.
Share freely.
NAME
Rhys Jones
CALLSIGN
Alopex
LOCATION
Australia
FOCUS
Tools, games and systems for creators and players.

JOURNEY HIGHLIGHTS

  1. 2003Started coding and building things that moved.
  2. 2010Moved into game development and real-time graphics.
  3. 2011Joined the demoscene at university. I never left.
  4. 2015Built audio tools and automation systems.
  5. 2019Focused on web tech, 3D, AI tools and shipped products.
  6. 2020Took up VR and started an Australian VR community, now just under 1,000 members.
  7. 2023Took first place in APAC, the official Pavlov league for the Asia-Pacific region.

TECH STACK

  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Three.js
  • Rust
  • WebAssembly
  • Node.js
  • Python
  • C/C++
  • Web Audio API
  • PostgreSQL
  • Docker
  • GitHub Actions
  • ESP32 / Embedded
  • Linux
  • Raspberry Pi / Jetson
  • Quest / Pico standalone VR
  • SlimeVR
  • Local LLMs and diffusion

Away from the day job.

VR / PORTABLE / MODELS / DEMOSCENE

I pride myself on getting the absolute most out of technology. It is a lifelong passion, and these are the places it goes when nobody is paying for it.

01

A VR COMMUNITY

VR hooked me in 2020, and I started an Australian VR community that year. It is still going strong, with just under 1,000 members.

02

COMPETITIVE PAVLOV

I played Pavlov at esports level in APAC, the official Pavlov league for the Asia-Pacific region, and took first place in its 2023 championship. I also won its annual mixed-teams league.

03

VR HARDWARE

Since 2020 I have modified, improved and built for VR systems, including augmented tracking setups and my own SlimeVR modules.

04

STANDALONE VR

Lately I build for standalone headsets. Phaethon is fully playable on the Quest and Pico lines with no PC attached.

05

PORTABLE COMPUTING

I argue for mobile development and portable computing, and I build custom portable machines around Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi and Nvidia Jetson boards.

06

THE HEXAPOD

My servo-driven hexapod robot uses my old Nexus 5 as its control platform and IMU. I drive it wirelessly from my current phone.

07

MODELS AT HOME

I experiment with diffusion models, large language models and neural nets. I create, modify and host them on my home lab and serve them to my phone while I am on the road.

08

THE DEMOSCENE

A demoscener since university in 2011. The scene is about getting the absolute most out of the hardware in front of you, which is still what I enjoy most.

Where the days go.

THE DAY JOBS

The projects on this site are what I build on my own time. These are what the working week is made of.

01

STREAMLINK ↗

Founder & Managing Director · Melbourne · since 2014

An independent Australian software company. Its core business is broadcasting, specifically in-store streaming, alongside music software, media tools and hardware. It is also the company behind the projects on this site.

02

AUTOMATION ACOUSTICS ↗

Chief Technology Officer, part-time · Hawthorn, Victoria

Acoustic monitoring for advanced manufacturing. The system listens to a production line and catches process faults by their sound, alongside vision and thermal monitoring.

03

ACOUXIA ↗

Chief Technology Officer · the Automation Acoustics platform

The platform that lets manufacturers and OEMs build their own acoustic AI models, rather than buying a fixed one.

What drives me.

INDEPENDENT / ALWAYS LEARNING
01

INTERESTING PROBLEMS

I go looking for the ones that stretch me.

02

TOOLS THAT EARN THEIR KEEP

I build what I want to use myself, then share it.

03

INDEPENDENCE

From first idea to release, on my own terms.

04

COMMUNITY & SHARING

I open source what I can.

I build systems I believe in.

I ship what I make, use it myself and keep improving it. I do that independently, from the first sketch to the release. Some of it is now used around the world, which still surprises me. There is always a new tool or a new problem worth a weekend.

The best feeling is still an idea turning into something that helps somebody else.

Say hello ↗